However, at last night’s Streamy Awards, The Avengers director, Joss Whedon downplayed the chances of Smulders appearing while leaving the door open for it to happen eventually.

While speaking with TVLine, Whedon noted that Smulders’ schedule would “permit very little [involvement], but if we can get a hold of her anytime, we will.”

“Right now, I want to involve people in the characters that we’ve created for the show,” explained Whedon, “and then we’ll worry about [bringing in other characters from the Marvel universe].”

Whedon also spoke about the tone of “S.H.I.E.L.D.” and how it differs from most of the TV landscape.
“I’m excited about the show because it’s a very hopeful show,” said Whedon. “It’s not about murder, and it’s not about crime, and it’s not people looking into their own belly buttons. It’s about people who are trying to help each other, and that’s one of the things I loved about comic books. They had costumes and the villains were cool, [but] they stood for something, and I like doing a show that does that.”